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H. L'UDLOW.

FOLDING BOX.

No. 267 :698. Patented Nov. 21, 1882.

INVBNTORTI -.ATTORNEYS..

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HERBERT LUDLOW, 0E BROOKLYN, ASSIGNOR "ro WILLIAM H. H. ROGERS,

OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

FOLDING BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 267,698, dated November21, 1882.

' Application filed April5,1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERBERT LUDLOW, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kingsand State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement inFolding Boxes, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

Myinvention consists of a folding orcollapsible box of improvedconstruction, and of an improved box-cover, the construction of the boxbeingsuch thatthe waste ofmaterialinits manufacture is very small, andsuch that the box can be easily and quickly set upfor use, theconstruction of the cover being such thatit can be made of one piece ofmaterial, and such that any number of covers may be set one withinanother, so that they may be packed away in small space. The form of boxwhich I prefer will be a four-cornered box made with the lock at thebottom of the box and open at the top, the sides or walls of the boxbeing continuous or solid, the same as ordinary non-folding boxes. Therim of the covers will be made to stand slightly outward or flaring fromthe main portion on top of the cover, and the top of the box will beslightly cut away at the corners in such manner that the flaring coverswill fit upon the box.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification,

in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts inall the figures.

Figure l is a plan view of the box as it appears when folded. Fig. 2is asectional elevation of the same, taken on the line as m of Fig. 1. Fig.3 is a perspective view of the box inverted, as it appears when setupfor use. Fig. 4. is a plan view of the boxcover; and Fig. 5 is asectional elevation, illustrating several covers as they appear when setinto each other for packing or stowingaway.

A represents the folding box, and B represents the cover.

In making my new and improved-folding box A, I prefer to take arectangular piece of material of suitable size and unite its ends so asto practically form a cylindrical blank. This blank will then be broughttogether or collapsed, as shown in Fig. 2, so as to form the bends orfolds a a. The blank is then to be bent or again folded on oppositesides to form the bends or folds b b, which are made equidistant fromthe bends a a, respectively. If a square box is desired, these bends orfolds b b will be made in the center ofthe width of the blank (midwaybetween the bends cm) as folded. If a rectangular box is desired, thesefolds b b willbe made on opposite sides of the center of the foldedblank, as shown in Fig. 1, the distance from the center being variedaccording to the desired relative width of the sides and ends of thebox. The blank is then cut through with the slots or cuts 0 c" and d din all of the bends or folds, the slots or cuts extending from one edgeofthe blank to or nearly to the horizontal center, or center of thelength of the blank, thus forming the flaps D, E, F, and G. The flap Gis then cut through at or near the center with the slot or out h, whichreaches to or nearly to the center of the width of the blank, and itscorners are diagonally cut to form the locking-heads, as clearly shownin Fig.1 and in dotted lines in Fig. 3, and the flap F is incised toform the 1ocking-slotl.c,as shownin Fig. 3 and in dotted lines in Fig.l. The flaps D, E, F, and G are then bent or folded at the center of thewidth of the blank to form the folds ff and g g.

To set the box up, the flaps and E are first folded in, as shown in Fig.3. The flap F is then folded in, and then one of the heads jis passedthrough the slot is, and then, finally,

the other, the heads, after passing through the slot, being drawn to oneside to complete the lock. 1

The cover B is made of a single piece of ma terial, and the rims ppthereofare made slightly flaring, as shown clearly in Figs. 4 and 5, sothat the covers are adapted to be set one into another, as shown in Fig.5, so thatmanycovers canbe packed or stowed awayin smallspace.

In order to make the cover fit upon the box, the corners of the box areslightly cut away at the top of thebox, as shown at ll, so that theupper edges of the box will conform to the inclination of the cover.

By this construction of the box it will be seen that the box is verysimple, quickly and easily set up, has but one fastening or look, is

further saving in material.

Although I prefer to make the box so that the lock is formed upon thebottom of the box, ldo not confine myself to such construction, as thebox may be formed so that the lock will come on the side of the box.

Having thus fully described my invention, I

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent v 1. A folding-boxblank formed with the flaps G and F, the flap G being cut to form thelocking-heads jj, and the flap F being formed with the slot 7c,substantially as described.

2. A blank for a folding box, bent to form the folds a a, b b,f f, and gg, and cut to form the flaps D, E, F, and G, the flap G being centrallyslotted and formed with the lockingheads j j, and the flap F cut to formthe slot 76, substantially as described.

HERBERT LUDLOW.

Witnesses:

O. SEDGWICK, I). M. HOLDREDGE.

